Mac 101 Training - Pierce-Zion

Tour the outside of the Mac first.

• Camera
• Ports
• Power
• General Care

Trackpad

The Trackpad and the use of gestures...it's amazing and it's designed so that you don't have to use a mouse.
*NOTE: As settings are customized, the gestures may change.

• Tap to click

• Secondary click (right-click)

  
  Two ways to do this.
  1) Two-Fingers click
  2) Control + click

• View Mission Control

  
  4-Fingers UP

• Show desktop

  
  Thumb and 3-Fingers (Reverse Pinch)

• Open Launchpad

  
  Thumb and 3-Fingers (Pinch)

• Two-finger scroll

  
  Discuss why the swipe goes that direction. It mimics the iPad swipe.

• Swipe between full-screen apps

  
  
  Discuss FULL SCREEN apps. Demonstrate how to make an app full screenClick on the arrows in the right-hand corner to make the app full screen.
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• Swipe to navigate

  
  Use Safari. Open a window and click on a link or two or three. Practice going back pages using this technique. (This replaces the back button).

• Tap to Zoom & Pinch to zoom

  
  Two-Fingers Double-Tap to Zoom OR Two-Fingers Reverse Pinch to Zoom.

• Define a word!

  
  Three-finger tap on a word to get the definition.

This is awesome...when it's done correctly! (I often don't tap right)

Keyboard Shortcuts

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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Customize your settings

This is where you can go to change your Trackpad options.

System Preferences > Trackpad to customize

Dock

Change location, add / remove / arrange applications *Note the light on below the icon means that app is running

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Finder

• Look at the icon in the dock that represents "Finder"

Finder

Views

• icon, list, column, or Cover Flow

Empty Trash

• Click and hold trash can OR Finder > Empty Trash

Click and hold - then Empty Trash

Finder > Empty Trash...

Accessibility

• Set up your Screen Zoom
  • System Preferences > Universal Access > Seeing
    • Click on Options...(set your key to "control") see the picture below.
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    • After clicking Done - PRACTICE IT!
• Configure Speech
  • System Preferences > Dictation & Speech > Text to Speech
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      Highlight ANY words and use this to have it read to you.
    • Click on "Change Key..."
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      Be sure to pick CONTROL, NOT Command!
    • Select "Control S" to make those your keys to press if you want something read aloud. *Note the same keystroke stops the reading as well.

Make a PDF file

• File > Print > Save as PDF...

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Take a screenshot

• Command > Shift > 4 (click and drag what you want a picture of)
• Command > Shift > 3 (takes a pic of the ENTIRE screen)
• Command > Shift > 4 (and immediately click the spacebar) to get a window...or menu or whatever.

QuickTime

• File > New Movie, Audio or Screen Recording *Note that for a screen recording, you'll have to chose your mic first.
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Be sure to pick a mic before recording your screen!

Spotlight

• Find ANYTHING by clicking on the magnifying glass in the top right-hand corner of your screen.
  • If you are a shortcut user (and I am) use this shortcut (Command - spacebar) This brings up Spotlight so that you can begin typing!
  • Spotlight is also a calculator and a dictionary.
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Quickview

• Highlight a document, picture, or pdf on your desktop or in a folder.
• Once it's highlighted, click spacebar for a "Quick" view.
• This allows you to view the item without having to actually start an application.
  
  

iLife '11

• http://www.apple.com/ilife/video-showcase/